By Ellie Krupnick, Huffington Post
Cancer isn’t generally considered a beautiful thing. But for Jan Ping, an Emmy-winning makeup artist, getting diagnosed with breast cancer helped her rethink beauty entirely.
Jan Ping (left) with chemo patient
“When the thing that defines you goes away,” Ping told us in an interview, “it’s a challenge.” For many women who fight cancer and undergo chemotherapy, that thing is hair. For Ping? “It was losing my lashes and my brows,” she said. As a makeup artist who’s worked for decades on dozens of TV and movie sets, Ping knows how important those details are for creating a gorgeous face.
Luckily, Ping also knew that makeup can be incredibly empowering. Now, eight years after being diagnosed and enduring chemo, she is teaming up with the Chemotherapy: Myths or Facts campaign to raise awareness and arm patients and caregivers with information. As part of the campaign, Ping has traveled the country, teaching patients how to maintain their beauty regimens and offering lessons in makeup application.
So what should a woman undergoing chemo know about her new beauty routine?
Read the full article by Ellie Krupnick of the Huffington Post.
